Cindy Sheehan Goes Home

Gold Star Mother for Peace Cindy Sheehan held up against great adversity; suffering personally, physically, and financially. Now after years of derision, smears, and oppression from the White House and the Right Wing Media, she is discouraged to be attacked by the democrats too.

I heard her say that congress is made up of corporate whores, that we shouldn’t expect them to stop the war. She called Nancy Pelosi “the Speaker of the Whores” after Pelosi told Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers that impeachment is off the table. Now Sheehan says she’s had enough and wants to go home to her children.

This latest news has once again made her a lightning rod for criticism. We should all thank her for what she’s done. Remember back when Bush was starting the Iraq war. Few had the stomach to oppose it. One hundred some congressmen, a dozen senators; for ordinary folks, to speak against Holy George was like to invite lynching. I remember feeling that free speech could threaten my livelihood, and worried that my family could suffer for my opinions. We should be grateful that Cindy Sheehan had more guts than most of us.

And let’s remember that it takes a long time to effect change in this country. It took ten years to stop the Viet Nam War. If the passage of the latest war funding bill tells us anything, it’s that we have not yet reached the tipping point. Turn off your TV and let’s stop the war.